Newport, 8-6-13

[Amish Ed]

Launched at 7am to a south wind and some clouds. Almost chilly. Water definitely was chilly, 64º and very clear. Went straight across and started on the docks. Good drift between the current and wind. Picked up a small spottie right off and then one about 15" 20 min later. After an hour I only had those 2 bites. So, I moved around the corner and found 67º water, but no current. Fished it anyways, figuring the warmer water would help. It didn't. Moved back to the starting place for nada. Then across to the shoal off the launch. Got one bite on the shoal. Drifted the channel across from the HP boats and picked up 3 more spotties in about 1/2hr. Then it died again. I was off the water by about 11:00 (had to go home and watch the kids).

Fished my standard Flurries and Swimmin' Senkos. First spotties came on those. The last 3 I got on the Hyspin/ Flurry combo. All the Flurry fish (4 of them) came on gold/chartreuse. The other fish came on the Senko in Watermelon red/green flake.

While I was hoping for good fishing, I'm glad I at least got a few. I must say though that Newport has really gone downhill over the last 13yrs. I remember lots of 30+ fish days when I first started fishing there for spotties. Now a 10 fish day is normal for me. Such a bummer.